Winery Samos1958 Samos
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The 1958 Samos of the Winery Samos is in the top 0 of wines of Aegean Sea.
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Discover the grape variety: Saint Macaire
An ancient Bordeaux grape variety that was once grown in the Gironde marshes. It is related to the Manseng Noir. Today, Saint Macaire is no longer present in the vineyard and is therefore in the process of disappearing. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Informations about the Winery Samos
The Winery Samos is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Aegean Sea to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Aegean Sea
The Aegean Islands – the most famous of which are Crete, Dodecanese/rhodes">Rhodes, Samos and Cyclades/santorini">Santorini – lie in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. The islands have a Long and influential winemaking history spanning thousands of years, but in the modern day are most famous for Santorini's Dry, minerally, white wines made from Assyrtico-based white wines made from Assyrtico. The Aegean Sea covers roughly 83,000 square miles (215,000 sq km) between the Southern coast of Greek Macedonia and Crete in the south. Several groups of islands make up the Aegean archipelago, including the Sporades in the North, the Dodecanese just off the coast of Turkey and the Cyclades near the Attica coast.
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The word of the wine: Oenologist
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